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Hold Me Tight
(Lennon/McCartney)
Monday 11 February 1963, 7.30-10.45pm.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Richard Langham.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-1 fs		Δ/2T	E48878*
	Recording	TK-2		Δ/2T	E48878*
	Recording	TK-3 fs		Δ/2T	E48878*
	Recording	TK-4 fs		Δ/2T	E48878*
	Recording	TK-5 bd		Δ/2T	E48878*
	Recording	TK-6		Δ/2T	E48878*
	Recording	TK-7 fs		Δ/2T	E48878*
	Recording	TK-8 fs		Δ/2T	E48878*
	Recording	TK-9 ✔		Δ/2T	E48878*
	Recording	TK-10	edit piece	Δ/2T	E48878*
	Recording	TK-11 fs	edit piece	Δ/2T	E48878*
	Recording	TK-12	edit piece	Δ/2T	E48878*
	Recording	TK-13 ✔	edit piece	Δ/2T	E48878*
	Editing	TK-9 + TK-13		Δ/2T	E48878*
Thursday 12 September 1963, 2.30-6.30pm.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Richard Langham.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Recording	TK-20 bd	REMAKE	2T	E50527	[Sessionography 2]
	Recording	TK-21		2T	E50527	[Sessionography 2]
	Recording	TK-22 fs		2T	E50527	[Sessionography 2]
	Recording	TK-23 bd		2T	E50527	[Sessionography 2]
	Recording	TK-24 ✔		2T	E50527	[Sessionography 2]
	Recording	TK-25	SI vocals, backing vocals, handclaps on TK-24	2T	E50527	[Sessionography 2]
	Recording	TK-26	SI vocals, backing vocals, handclaps on TK-24	2T	E50527	[Sessionography 2]
	Recording	TK-27	SI vocals, backing vocals, handclaps on TK-24	2T	E50527	[Sessionography 2]
	Recording	TK-28	SI vocals, backing vocals, handclaps on TK-24	2T	E50527	[Sessionography 2]
	Recording	TK-29 ✔	SI vocals, backing vocals, handclaps on TK-24	2T	E50527	[Sessionography 2]
Monday 30 September 1963, 10.00am-1.15pm.
Studio Two (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Geoff Emerick.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Editing	TK-26 + TK-29		Δ	E50764*
	Mono mixing	RM26+RM29	< TK-26+TK-29	Δ	E50764*
Wednesday 23 October 1963, 10.00am-1.00pm.
Studio Two
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, unknown.
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Mono mixing	RM26	< TK-26	Δ	E50869*	With The Beatles
Tuesday 29 October 1963, 10.00am-1.00pm.
Studio Three (control room)
Producer: George Martin.     Engineers: Norman Smith, Geoff Emerick and BT [Full name unknown].
	Task	Take		Channels	Reel	Release
	Stereo mixing	RS29	< TK-29	Z	E50955*	With The Beatles
Musicians
Key
Takes
	TK	Take (TK-00: unnumbered take(s))
	RM	Mono Remix
	RS	Stereo Remix
	SI	Superimposition (i.e. overdub)
	fs	False start
	bd	Breakdown
	✔	Best take
Channels
	Δ	Delta Mono
	2T	Twin-track
	Z	Stereo
	3T	Three-track
	4T	Four-track
	8T	Eight-track
Reels
	*	indicates a reel now lost
Release
Only the first official release of any take is listed
	[ ]	Take available only on bootleg, with an example cited

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